How to explain a magic power system?

Sylver

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I shared my ideas for my magic power system a few weeks ago, and some people said it was okay. But I don't think I did a good job introducing and explaining magic into my story so far. I tried making it a whimsical thing, but I think I focused more on spectacle over understanding. So I plan on giving it a second shot to better convey what the magic system is and how it works. Rather than making it this theatrical display, I was thinking of making it a more personal introduction when the secondary character explains it to the two main characters who don't know much at all about magic. It's not the most original idea, but it works.

How did you guys go and explain your magic power system in your stories? Like share the details!
Did you have a similar premise where one character explains it to another?
Or did you do it through simple narration and have the story explain it directly to the reader instead?
Do you have any tips or advice on how to explain a magic power system or what worked for your story?

It's my first time inventing a power system and introducing it. It's a hard magic that seems easy to follow but can be powerful through its flexibility while adhering to the rules. Any advice on what worked for you, OR what story you read that you felt explained it well, any advice like that would be helpful!
 

J_Chemist

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So, the biggest way I think to explain a magic system is to show it in use. Have the characters cast spells at each other or at targets, have them train and learn it. Showcase the mechanics of the magic system through action, activity, and minor explanations. Don't dump the info unless you're explaining the creation of a spell, how a spell works, etc. You want to show, not tell, with the magic system. Both to allow the Reader to visualize and grasp it in motion but also to keep it from being mind numbing.

I think my readers have a "good" understanding of my magic system but I honestly don't ask. I'm of the mind that if I want you to know something, I will add it. If it's not added or if I haven't explained a detail/mechanic in some way, then it's not important. This way I don't have a bunch of wild rules and details out in my story randomly that I've lost track of that may came back to nip me.

EDIT: To add, this also establishes the relationship with my readers that 1., I won't info dump and 2., there's no need to overthink because I'll show it when they need it. And when I do show it, I make sure to do it quick or with enough information that it makes sense. Sometimes that's a lot, sometimes it's a little.

Overall, the KISS method helps. Establish your ground rules for magic; source, output, a handful of spells, how it interacts, how it's cast. You don't need to get overly complicated with it unless that's the shtick and you're writing some in-depth magic system story. If your dudes are Adventurers just slinging spells, then you can be rather surface level. Make the bang. Detail the bang. Then move on with the story.
 

ElijahRyne

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I shared my ideas for my magic power system a few weeks ago, and some people said it was okay. But I don't think I did a good job introducing and explaining magic into my story so far. I tried making it a whimsical thing, but I think I focused more on spectacle over understanding. So I plan on giving it a second shot to better convey what the magic system is and how it works. Rather than making it this theatrical display, I was thinking of making it a more personal introduction when the secondary character explains it to the two main characters who don't know much at all about magic. It's not the most original idea, but it works.

How did you guys go and explain your magic power system in your stories? Like share the details!
Did you have a similar premise where one character explains it to another?
Or did you do it through simple narration and have the story explain it directly to the reader instead?
Do you have any tips or advice on how to explain a magic power system or what worked for your story?

It's my first time inventing a power system and introducing it. It's a hard magic that seems easy to follow but can be powerful through its flexibility while adhering to the rules. Any advice on what worked for you, OR what story you read that you felt explained it well, any advice like that would be helpful!
Well, I would advise giving a general break down of the power system paired with a gradual trickle of info with concrete examples. As in having a battle where someone uses a technique related to the system. This is different from how I did it, as I have an entire (dropped) story solely going over the power system…
 

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Magic systems and their implementation and introduction should be thought of in the same way that the characters in the story would think about scientific topics. I'll provide three examples.

Guns are a scientific marvel of engineering. To use a gun requires very little knowledge of the engineering and science that goes into explosive powders. Plenty of stories are written which use guns without ever explaining how a gun works. In fact, many stories specifically describe guns working in ways that they cannot or would not work in a real setting. Those stories violate how reality works, yet the story still functions. Likewise, the rules you have for your own magic system could never be explained in any way to the reader, you can even violate your own rules, and the majority of the readers will never be the wiser.

A biographical novel about the life of Sir Isaac Newton surely contains much information about mathematics and science, but may not go into much depth directly as to his discoveries, other than an overview of the topics involved and the circumstances that bring them about, ie "A body in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an outside force". Likewise, in a story with magic following a character where magic is important, at times when the magic is critical to the plot, the author (or a character in the story) may expound upon the function of the magical systems and the rules governing them while still remaining at an overview level. Simply stating that "All magic follows this rule".

The TV show mythbusters frequently goes into details about the scientific functions involved to help explain why something happens while still remaining entertaining. Likewise, as long as the rules of magic being referenced are relevant and provide deeper insight that is interesting to the reader, then it's find to have interesting tidbits that ultimately explain the whole system. The method by which you implement this style of information can vary wildly.

There are other ways to do it and these are just a few of the examples, but they're the big ones.
 

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I shared my ideas for my magic power system a few weeks ago, and some people said it was okay. But I don't think I did a good job introducing and explaining magic into my story so far. I tried making it a whimsical thing, but I think I focused more on spectacle over understanding. So I plan on giving it a second shot to better convey what the magic system is and how it works. Rather than making it this theatrical display, I was thinking of making it a more personal introduction when the secondary character explains it to the two main characters who don't know much at all about magic. It's not the most original idea, but it works.

How did you guys go and explain your magic power system in your stories? Like share the details!
Did you have a similar premise where one character explains it to another?
Or did you do it through simple narration and have the story explain it directly to the reader instead?
Do you have any tips or advice on how to explain a magic power system or what worked for your story?

It's my first time inventing a power system and introducing it. It's a hard magic that seems easy to follow but can be powerful through its flexibility while adhering to the rules. Any advice on what worked for you, OR what story you read that you felt explained it well, any advice like that would be helpful!
My story slowly informs the reader of the magical system, sharing the most of the information they need to garner information. And then, for those who prefer to be told and to flesh it out better for myself, rather than figuring it out for themselves, I dump it in a bonus chapter mid-story.
But most importantly, there are elements that are forbidden (i.e. I cannot reveal), no matter what, until the main character knows. The reader has to know they are missing knowledge, but they don't get to know because the tension keeps them wondering and theorizing. But again, they HAVE to know they are missing it, otherwise they will get grumpy, and feel (rightfully so) that you just tossed some shit you expected them to know or care about right at their face.
But, to make the lore dump palatable, I fill it with a whole bunch of interesting tidbits and side tangents that flesh out the world. I write out a lot of fascinating little ways in which the magic system impacts the world at its core and the way it runs.

Figured you might want to see this, @Seaspecter , @LunaSoltaer , and @MintiLime ! I am betting you've got some stuff, but there may be information or stuff you haven't gotten yet!

My power system is built around the introduction of Essence into our universe, which had been unrealized, none of its metaphysical aspects actualized in reality.
Essence is separated into three, but it is only these categories only exist because of humanity's perceptions and the [redacted]. There is Magic, Miasma, and Eldritch. Eldritch is simply the grab-bag where all of the Essences not comprehensible by humanity are stuck in by scientific standardization, but more importantly, it is not in the [redacted]. Though, as a side note, humanity kind of fucked up on this. There are other Essences that are well known and well-characterized, they are simply labeled as something different because they were originally believed to be different when the Magical System first arrived. Described, boringly, as the Stat Forces, they are what those little numbers in your System boxes measure.
And now, for the Stat Forces, I am just going to copy the link to my chapter, because I do NOT want to summarize them again. Fun the first time, never a second time. https://www.scribblehub.com/read/740729-charisma/chapter/742713/
And then there is this absolutely vital information about Essences and the way they are characterized by Truths with a capital 'T'

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̶̱̐̄̋͒̌͒̽̅̈́̿͊́̑̄c̷̢̖͎̫̟̗̠̲̟͉̫̪̎̍̑̋̓͛͠ű̸̢̩̘̭̰̬̘͉͙̰̥̈͒̓̾̀̎̄̈̃͂r̴̘͂̐̓̋̊͑̉̾̊̃̍̕̚̕͠r̸̘̖̱͉̊̽͊̑̈͠ẽ̸̡͖͇̽̽͘ņ̷̳̘̏̆͗͛̈́̏̍͊̚͠t̸̲̰͍̠̱̺̜͚̪͂̒̈̔̌̀͆́̎̑̌͘͝͝l̴̜̤͍̲̖̼͔̟͙̜͕̄̌̀͘y̷̨̛̝͕̰̗͉̠̲͕̮̑̅̄͑̐̒͋́̿̕͝ͅ ̶̛̯̂̎̓̕͘͝ẅ̸͚̫́̿̏o̸͇̳̼̍͛͂̾̌̀̽̀̿̏̽̇̆͆̕ṛ̸̺̞̻͇̞̞͔̠̩͈̲̙̣́̾̂͋̈̿̽̀̑̿k̵̨̢̳͔̯͖̘͍̥̼̀̂ͅs̵̨̟̬̹̰͍̰̞̞͚̠̪̤̜͌̎̃͑̈̋̓̊̑ ̶̠͇͔̘̦͙̟͇̭͉̜̘̱̓̀͗̈́̅̏̐͘ą̵̛̛͔̖̠͑̋̑n̴̼͇̥̣̘̪͖͕̜̓̒͊͘͠d̷̨͕̥͔̤̳͔̐ ̵̢͍͓̟̼̣͑͒̊̔̓̀̽͜͠c̴̙͓͖̲̰̝͓̞͙̈͐́̚o̸͙͐͊͗́͆̅̋̈́̈́̈́̾ů̸̡̡̥̞͖̮̱̺͈̈́͂ͅl̸͓͓̪̜̺̿̿͊͛̓̏̂̐͌́̈́͗̄͘d̷̥͚̳̥̆ ̷̺̖̯̈́̒͌́̃̑͝e̸͖͂̾͂̌̈́͒͝v̶̧̤̠͚̝̺͇̫͕̬̬͕̟͛̐̃͛͐̏̓̍́̐͐̔͝ǫ̶͗̏̋̇͒̄͌̌̀̌̚̚͠l̴̡̨̛̲͈̦͎̹̱͕̼͇̦͎̣͐͐̉̇̾̉̾͐̊̄́̕̕v̶̢͕̼̜̼͙̎̓͋̏̀͑͒̕e̷̢̙̗͍̝̙͖͒̀̏͐̌̆͊̅͛̿̕͜,̵̢̠̺̜̥̻͇̤̻̯͚̓̾̓̑̒̂̒̒̚ ̷̢̧̺̰̬̉̎̈̀͑́͘͝͠͝a̵̧̧̧̩͇̱̻̼͎̲̽̿͛̍͂̎́͘̕̚ń̶̟͔͙̱̱͚͇̤̱̅̾̈́͂̾͋͆̅̓͆̌̅d̷̨̛̝̰̠̰̘̗̒̆̎̿̍͂̌̔̏̚̚͝ ̷͚̞̱̫̜͈̪̪̈̍͜͜t̴̘͍̰̦͙̊̀̄͑́̓͛̄̌̑ḩ̵̡̛͎̺̠͔̞̤͈̙̳̯̬͗̂̽͑̌̈͑̈́̅͊̕̚̚͠e̵̖̪̙͓͒̊̈́̈́̋͌̋y̴͇͔̹͇̬͖͍̝͖̖̼͓̜̜̓̅̈́̔͌̏̚̚͘ ̸̳̳͓̻̥̻͕̮̞̬̻̣̓̄͒̎̽́͒̌̕͠g̶̢̩̪͕̩̳̰̬̠͙̼̠̬̤͋o̸͙̪͎̪̹͎͎̱̜͍͕̻̎͗͗͊͗͒̅͐̕͠ ̷̣̰̲͂̅͗̅́͊̅́̏̚͘͜͝ṯ̵̡̻̘̤̣̪̐ọ̷͓̪̻̬̲͎̫͎̀̉̓̎͛̓̆͌̀͝g̶͉̤̟̝̠̙̥͈̤͇͑͊̆͋̽̓̎͂̅͠e̶̙͇̰̖͉̝̅̑̉̓t̴̹̯͕̰̼̱̦̘̭͈̙̃̋͘h̴̨̧̧̫̬̥̮̹͙̪́̒̇̔̎̉̍̾̏̀̃̃͋͘é̷͖̼̪̬̺̂͂͝ṙ̷̛̬̲̣̥̫̬̼̭̓̅̔͌͊̔̎͗͆̕.̶̡̺̫̗͎̱̮̜̩̪̥̯̣̻̲͊̆̇̋̀͋̉͗̈́̿̎̈́͠ ̵͙͈̤̝̦̺͇̭̹̒̀[̶̨̛̠̝̗̟̟̻̫͎̭̘̹͍̝̀͆́̉̑̈̆̿̉̈ṙ̸̢͍̝̫̠̞̯̀̓̉̇͑̀̐̆̓̚͘͝ȩ̸̢̨̯̜͉̝̫̼̮̠̺̮̭̿̄̈̀̅̀̈́̑͐͜͝d̸̨͚̗̖̜͕̲̳̼̹̞̓̾̿̏̋̎͌̉̋͒̄͘̚͜͠ͅa̶̡̛̅̚̕c̶̨̢̡̝̫̭̱̞̘̗̻̩̺̪̍t̷̢̰͙̙͓̯̼͇̏͜ę̸̯̱̳͎̋̏̀̌̅́͛͑̿̓̉̀͝d̷̛̠͉̩͍̳̋͆̊͋͊͒͠]̷̞͉̪̥͔̙̗̞̒̇̄ͅ,̸̛̠̱̀̔̅́̿̃̓͊̽̈́̂̚ ̵̢͓̜͖͕́̈̀͊͋̀̓i̶̢̦͓͇̗̻̹͌̏̑̽̆̅͂͗͋͘ņ̶̨̨̢̛͇̭̦̏̀̎͒͒̅͊́̎͗̿̀͒̕ ̷̧̘̰̥̯̠̲̹̱́̀̉̒̊͝͝ë̶͖̝̲͕͈͖̩̫̩̱̗́̈́̄́̉̌̓̐͂͋̔͛̚s̵͉͈͓̫̼͓͖͉̲̓̂̓̌͜ṣ̷̭͚͙̥̤̗̝͎̭̟̍͋͗̉̋̐͐͐̇́̕͝͝e̸͇͙̰͎̔̽̇̾̑̿͌̔͒̕͜n̵͔̩͖̑͒̽̎̿̆c̸̪̳̐͛́̏͊̔ȩ̵͝.̴̡̭͓̺̻̻̥͙̝̬̍̿̈́̋̆͋̊̊͘ ̸̲̦̩̳͉̟̗̙̝̻̖͎̤̣̆̅̇͒̄̋̐̊̍̐̚͠͠Ḿ̷̯́̈́̇̓̒̆̾̓̾̚͝ī̵̛̗̼͔̞͈̻̻̤̣̭̙̩͚͍̔̊̈́̈͐̓͒̌͋̔͛͝a̴͎̤̥̣̳͂̓̃͑̈́̓͝s̵̩̖̓̐̉̾̽͗̅̉̋̈́͘̚̕͘m̶̧͎̙̞̠̗̃͊̊̾́̃͛̃͝͝i̴̡̨̭̹͙̟̗̯̼̋̑͌͒͑͑́͌̂͂̕͜͝ḉ̶̣̰͇̣̱̘̙͔͊̍̑̒̓̈͆̚͘̕ ̵̢͖̗̥̳̹̮̲͇͌̾T̸̛̠̘̫̳̳̑͂̈̎̔̃̾̏͝r̶̢̢͕̮̩̬̭͎̮͙͓͉͙̜̍̿̒̇ͅu̶̳̗̠̯̦̠̲̯͛t̴̜̥͍͇̹͖̬̖͚̣̎̄̎h̷̡̡̢͍̳̖̞̝̰̺͔̐̔͂̅̂͗̅͗̎̿̈́́ş̴̖̺̩͎͓̼͍̣͎͔͛ ̵̜̝̗͓͕̪̙̦̫̤̹͙͌͋̇͌͊͑͑͋͛̋̏ͅḁ̷̧̧̡̛̞̬̻̻̭̳̣̥̈͊́̆̚͜r̶̡̟̼̝͒e̸̡̤͋̅ ̵̨̦͉͗̃͗̍̋̏̋̾̋̎̋̍́̕̕ͅc̶͈̜͋o̸̟͙̬̣͉͐̍͂̉̈͐̓͋̐̄̚͠m̴̡͈̤͕͚̳̲̾̾̀̆͒̀̔̇̏͐͝p̷̦͎͛̐̓̓͑̕ǫ̷͔̝͚̦̈́s̸͚͙̺̈́ế̵̻͓̼̤͎͙̺͒̇́̍̑͒̾̚̕d̸̛͙̞̤̘̦̰̜̝͖͔̻̺͈͌̍̿̈́̀̾̐̕͘͠ͅ ̷̧̺̝͔͎͔̗͍̰͕̱̊̆̌̄̈́͂͘ǫ̸̙͓̩̤͎̙͈͊̃̏̒͝f̷͇͒͑͐͒̋͗̄͝ ̴̢̳̰͉̗̺͔̮̟̪̼̲̝̌̌̓̾̆̍̐̈́͐̾͘͝ţ̴̡̮̙͉̮͈̫̳̲̗̦̤̳̫͛̀͆͆͛̇̂͊̈́̈́̾̚̕h̴̢̛͙͖̘̱͕͔͉̪̯͐̆͊̅̿̈́̈́̔̽̾͛̇̕̕e̴̛͙͇̪͋̍̽́͛̿̈̀͂̉̏̋̊͑ ̴̧̡̰̤̻͎̞̬̹̠̠̝̩͖̪̔̐̂̏͆̓̃̚m̸̩̳͈̹͎͚͕̖̜̻͖̆̿ă̷̢̜̖̜̳̤̟̘̫̿͆̌̒̋̃̇̂̋́͋̑̚͜͝n̸̢̨̧̢̥͓̫̤̠͉̲̦̣͊̆͆͑̉̾͋̈͋̾͐̈̏͜y̶̛͓̟̪̲͎͙̣̥̘̰̝̜̣̼͂̔́̑̽̈́͗̓̇͐̆́͝ͅ ̸̼͔̖͒̈́̊͑̾w̴̨͙̹̩͆̌ä̴̲͉̗̖͇̳̙͎̗̩͊̃͌͂̒̃̔͋̅̈̉̕͘ÿ̵͓̟̆̓͝s̵̢̢̢̨͓͎̼̼̩̣͚̟͎̼̑̉̆ ̸̲̹̖̬̽́̀̓̿̓̊͆́̅̕̕͝i̶̛̛̹̮̫͒̽̈́́̓̓̍̚̕͜n̷̛̜͉͂̆̈́̃̈͌͛̓̈̔̕ ̵̨̨̳̫̙͍͓̤͇͝w̶̧̡̢͖̼̯̬͓̩̰̩̿̀͒̊h̷̬̖̖̬̝̩̟̅̾̉̏̿ì̸̢̱̦͓̈́̃̋̒̽̒͝͠c̴̼̰͕̙̹̘͍͚̬̞̙̲͜͜͝h̵̨̛̰̭̝̦̰̪͔̣̯̥͎̣̋̍͊̀̽͌̏̅̕ ̵̰̰̱͕̩̩̱̫̤͓̳̘̝͋̆̒̚͝ţ̵̞̪͍͙̺̺̯̽̌̓͂͐̊͑͐̀͠h̴̡̨̛̫͎̙̳̲͙̦̹̲̫͊̽͛͑̇́̑͛̌̌e̷̢̢͎͈͛͛̔ ̶̧̨̧̡̭͕̜̖̳͓̭̙̙͒̌͜[̴̢̣̯͈̃̈́̐̓ŗ̶̣͕̠̠͈͖̗͎̟̘̱̣͈̓͊̏̆͌̃e̴̝̘̬͝d̷̡̡̢̢̜̼̯̤͙͓̹͂̂̈͛̈́͘͜͜ͅͅȃ̶͈̘͔̱̻̳̃̌͋̊̋͊̈́̌́̈́̾͜ć̷̳̗͉͙̣̮̥͙͚͔̰̬̟́̾̀̚͜ͅt̶̫̐̀͋̑̐͑̽͊̍̑͝͠͠ë̸̤̖́̇͗̉͊̓̈̚͘͘d̷̤͎̏͆̆̊]̸̢̱̺̣̟̞̠͈̺̆̾͑̍ͅͅ ̶̢̃̊͌̏́̈̊̈́͊̌̀̃̏̓ḁ̴͔̜̂̓̂̄̈́̍͐̓̃̆̚͠ṋ̷̥̣̹̺̺̳̯̊d̶͙̹̱̞͎̃͐͛͝ ̵̨͎͓̲̹͉̦̮͍͈̙̍̇́͋̅͒̾͗͜͠ͅ[̷̡̛̳͋̇ṙ̵̨̧͙̪̝̘̗̖͚̬̣̗͆̋̿̎̇̓̽̏̓͌͜ͅë̶̻̙̰̩̤̫̦́̾͒̇̐̕ͅd̶̺͖͙̖͕̘̪̳̟̽́̊̈́͊́̾̎̇̊͆̕͜͝͠ͅa̴͈̼̮̻̘͋̓͂͝c̸̗̝͎͕͕̯̍̐ṫ̶̡̨͈̹̜̖͓̘̹̣̻͔̪̬̒̒̄́̏̏̑͑̑́͝͝͠͝ę̷̮̞̳̭̬́̇̅̔͗͗̎͆̽͒̕d̶̨̧͎̻̼͕̼̒̔͊]̶̦̯̠̉̊́̒̍̈̅̈́̃͝,̸͓̹͊̅̉̚ ̷̢̧̱̪̟͚̦͖̺͎͚̰̫̺̯̏̇͗͘ä̴̖̰̥̪͇̱̗̠̲̪̰͍͂̍̐̄̽̈́͑̑̓̕͠n̵̨͔̪̝̭̪̿̒͠d̷̡̠̪͉̟̜̥͇̗̈́̋̒̃͒̍̓̋̎̒̌̈̉͛̈́͜ ̸̭̍̿̓̾̓̾̓̚t̶̻̤̮͖̓̇̋̊̊h̸̢̢̧͎̘̦͉͉̳̒̏̀̿ĕ̶̺͎͇̩̻͕͎̼̤͒̄̏̾̓̇͌͆̉̑̕̕͝͝ͅ ̶͇͇̰͓͖̣͚͙͔̫̞̝̇̔̍̽̄͋͝w̶̧̨̡̧͇̲͍̲͍͚̼̕͜͜ͅá̵̫̠̭̥̬͈͔͚̻͇̪̒̿̿̍̔̒̅̂̑̉͘̚͠y̶̛̲̘͈̆̄̐̓̀̆̈̆̀̚̕͝ ̸̢̠̜̮͓̠͖͉̲͔̿̓̊̔t̷̨̡̛̖̺̫̗̹͚̜͕̳̜̘͒̒̾́̽́͑̇̃̎͝h̷̡͇̘̠̫̥͓͚̟̙̉̆̔̊e̶͈̮͋̀̒̌͗̅͗̾͆͐̍̑ ̴͖̠̗̤͉͚͛͌̄̊͑͐͑̋w̵̫͕͚͙̏̊̒̑͋̑̇o̴̳̹̲̙̞͕̘̗͂̄̄̈́̑͛͒̔̒̓̽́͘ŗ̵̜̬̓̒̉̇ͅļ̶͍͈̣̰̪̗̞͛͒̋̈́̐̒̂̊͘͠ḍ̴̂̊͗̃̓̿̽̔̈́̆̇͐̅ ̸̡̢͎̣̤̖̜͉̙̠͗̄[̴̗̻̭͓̙̮̤͓̂̿̌̈r̴̘̙̅̆͒́̄̑̌͑͌̅͘ę̶̧̫͎̦̳̻̝̯̱̠̗̈d̴̢̢̛̛̙̹̺͉͎͉̣̮͌̾͒͐̉̌͒̊̽̒́̔a̸͉̱̭̹͍͔͖̯̐̉͋͊̆̀̕c̵̯̙̱̫̮̰̞̖̣̯̙̈́t̷̻̓̾̔̓ȩ̵̢͖͓̙̫͖̞̼͈̮̈́̈́͆̍͋d̸̠̠̯̜̄̾̀̿̂́̿̈̑͒͂͝]̶̢̬̟̘̮̙͎̗́̎̑͐̂̃̊͗͗̈́̒̊̚͝͝ ̴̰̗͓̼̻͉̞̰̭̞̑̉̈́̉̎̾̉̌̍͌͆̏ŵ̶̛͖͍̘͙̲͉̫̣͎̉̈̎̀̔̊̆̾͋̀̈̋͝ǫ̷͙̪͇͍̦̖̭͚͔͍̞̣̉̂r̶͕̲͇̜̮̬̗̝̃͛ǩ̶̛̳̫͙̙̺͇̙̊͗̔̇̉̈́̾̎̏̂̊͗͝ ̷̧̢̼̹̼̮̻̫̳̪̳͎͙̄̑̿̒a̵̡̡̢̲͇̣̙͔͙̞̥̔̆͒̒͠͝͠c̶͔͖͇͆͒̀̑̋́̃́̈́͝͝͝c̸͉̔͒̆́̉̋͂̀̓́̀̕̚o̵̯͈̽̔̔̓̊͋̓͒̈́͑͊̀̚͠r̴̨̡̫͎͍̥̹̦͎̺̺͎͓̦̆̑̄̎̀̊͑̋̒͠d̶̨̨̧̨̧̮͎̩̻͔̝̟̠̩̙̄i̶̢̼̺̻̙̟̼͙̟̼̦͚̫̍͐̉͐ņ̷͍̌͝ğ̴̨̢͍͇̣̤͉͕̌͂́͋̊̓͂̇̎͝ ̶̛͙̮͍̺̳̣̮͐̂̂́͌̓̏̐̉͑͝͝͝t̶͎̪͈̫̤̋̈́̅͂̈́̄̀́o̶̠̤̾̈̽́̓̊̎͠ ̶̤̝͇͈͚̠̦̖̝͎͖̟͑͂̇̓͐̆͛͐̾͐̒̃̎̚t̴̥̞̳̭̪̰̞͙̰̎̉̓͋̐̅͛͜͠h̴̨̬͚͚̀̄͐̾̊͜͝ë̸̡̛̛̠̪͎͇͍͔̘͙͓̦̫͓̈́̑̍̅͐̅̿̕͠͝ͅḭ̶̡̫͔̫͇͙̃͊̏̈̄̍̓͛̉̓̊̎͌̕r̴̨͓̖̙̤͉̣̮̯͚̘̩̦̓͐̀͐̌̚ ̴̙̬̺̳͇̭͈̩̼͇̅̍̉̈͗̈́̚͜ͅr̵̘̪͎̈́̿̓̆̏̐̕ͅu̴̡̦͚̤͎͔̰̭͖̺̺̒̇̀̉l̸̟̘̜̣̯̬̬̘̰̒́̾̂e̵̢͕̙͈̰͚͈̖̖͕̱̙̫̤̐̈́̐̇̅̆̑͝͝s̶̡̛͉̮̖̭͓̙̦̘͙̼̅̿̑̀͋͑͌̚ ̶̧̨̧͔̝̫͕̞̮́̓͂̍͑̔̃̏̽̈͒̕͘͝ọ̸̢̜̥̘̩̼̜̙̪̲̹̱͐̍̀̏f̷̦̤̤̖̰͕̫̺͔̝͚̘̣̯͈̂͗̈́̽̚ ̶̡̡̜̻̙̭̲̖̦͓̲̙̾̌̒m̷͖̜̟̄̔͠͝ē̵̡̢̳̭͙̥̬̩̤͎̦͖͇̦̞̍̃̊͆͛t̸̜̄̊̈̑͗́͘a̵̧̖͍͎͚̖̓͆͒̓́͝p̷͈̠̔̍̇̓͌͋̄́͑̈́̐̿͐ĥ̷̡̞̬͔̰̫̲̯̬͚͛͗̎̏̐̍̊̈͗̕̚͘͠ẏ̴͎̖̰̤̟̰͈̼̰̖͙͖̽̏͘ͅs̸̮̞̤͙̟͖̣̼͎̟̩̱̯̀̄i̵̲͉̭̰͍͕͙͗͊̓̐̅͛͑͆͑̾͘͝c̷̫̤̝̩̠̱̰̭͕̺͙̣̝̍̀̐̽̆̃̽ş̸̡͇͔̳͖͉̬̰̦̬̽.̶̞̩̰̻͚̆̈̒̌̑̂͐̈̿̚ ̸̡̤̤̤̱̥͈͖̝͍̤͍͋͛̌̕̕͝Ṃ̵̢̢̞̗̬̠̯̲̟͓̻̤̮͒̆̾̐̽̌̐̇̆į̸̟̞̫͎͕͓̳̭̭̦̈́a̴̢̨̡̯̻̖̠͎̞̟̋̐̏͠s̶̙̬̈́́̈́̈́͌ͅm̶̧̢͚͚̻͔̼̮̓́́̉̕̚i̵̥̤̙̙͇͓͕̓̊̾̽̀͆͊̓͘̚c̵̡͈̻̲͎̍̎̇̍̊͛̔̀͛͌͋̿̂͘͝ ̸̲̞̞̟̲̌̓̑͌̈́͑̕͝͝Ť̶̢̡̡͔͕̆͂̓̈̒̏ŕ̸̯͉̫̹̱̰̙̹̹͈̳̘̟̝̘u̸̹͍̘̯͚͂̅̎̌̉̀t̴̢̨̡͉̤̩͖̭̖͗͆̀́̉̀͆̓͑̍̈́̒̕͠͠h̸̡̝̭̤͎̫̠̞͉͗̈́͑͑̿͑̆͛̾͌̓́̚͘͝ͅs̵̨̢̡̛̜̬̬̝͓̦̪̅̌̑͊̀̄̎̒͐̇̚͝ ̴̜̪̯̯̫̲͔̀̃̒́̾̐̋̚a̶̧̱̮̫̟̭̙͉̪͙͓̽͑̃͊̍̂r̴̺̥̬͍͔̥͕͈̀̾̾̃͊͘ḕ̴̫͚͇͈̼̟̺̲̭̯̬̥̜̣͊̽̒ ̵̧̧̛͇̻̤̰̞̱͈̳̺̩͚̣s̸̡̧̬̙̘͎͈͕̗͎͍̈́̍̀̑̓͠͝ͅë̶̡̥̝̘̻͖̦̼͔͔̖̳́̒͆̾̀̂p̶̢̢̢̨̛̤̻̣̠̬̦̘̮̑̑̈́͑̕͜a̶̛̳̤̪͆̒͋͋̉̔̈̀̚͜ͅṟ̷̡̢͔̜̩̫͋̉̈͐̉͘a̷͍̰͚͎͙̱̺̜̹̮̹̮̫͆̔̐̌̌͑̐̋̅̄̓͘̚͝ţ̶̧̯̞̥̮̣̯̪͓̗͕̣̏̍̋̐́̾̌͊̆̾̍͂͂e̴̹̺̞͉͇͕̙̽̀̃̾͑͒͛̏̾̍͗ͅ ̵͉͚̺̖̞͖̞̺̞̟̺̺͔̭̜͋ã̶̧̻̩̠͖͈̞̥̭̟̩̤̗̐̄̌̀̓̾̐̌̒̈͘͘͜͠ͅs̶͇͍͚̀ ̸̰̥͎̠̯̅̌̃̿̿̈̐͘͝[̵̡̧͇̱̘̖͇̜͕͎͛̍̃̌͑̽̐̈́̍̓̓̋̆̕͘ͅr̸͙͙̺͖̳̰̠̜̘͔̬̼̍̂́̓͛̕͜e̸̼̯͎͔͕̪̓͊̉͋̃̈͋d̵̻̩̲͈̯̺̫̪̜͗̈́̎̍͒͝͠å̵̩̦̄͑́̾͑͂͝͝c̴̛͉̪͉̪͈̱̟̊̈́̽̍͋̔̇͊̒t̴̻͔̻̹̞̥͙͑͆͐e̵̺̭̳̼̯̰͌̿́̌͒͛̑̕͜͝ͅd̸̛̮̜͊̽͂̀̇̃͝͝]̵̝͎̐̌̿͘.̴͕̹͕͌̈́ͅ ̸̤̥̪̞͇̹̟̮͍̦̩̈̎̋̀I̵̢͓͔̰̮̦̞̻͇͕̞̯̖̓͛̉̈́̊̑͑̓̆͠t̸̨̪̘̘̙̼̝̐̀̆͗ ̷̰̱͛́͐̂̊̿̈́̋̊͝͠ͅi̷͙͂̒̂̔̓̃͗̂̈̒͂̂͒s̸͚̠̻͚͉̥͚͎̱͕̭͚͕̪̟̎̑̔́́̽̿͋͊̌̇͘̕͘͝ ̷̙͖̻͖̠̔́̓̾́̇̿̔͋̌͋̂͌͝͝t̶̨̥̘̘̺̉̈̎̀̈ḩ̷̛̙̹͔̮̠̱͔̖͎̭̍̈́̽̇̓̋̆͂̂͜͜ͅę̴͈̱̹͙̫̯̹̺̼̯̮̺͕̘̑̄́͛̓͊̌͛̚͘͝ ̶̧̱̠̹͖͔̙̤̺̻͔̘̳͍̂͑͌̈̅̉̑̚̚͠͝[̶̖̩̗̥͊͂̌̅̔̾̑̊̓̂̂̒̚͠r̴͖̞͎̤͆̅̓̑̃̄͒͒̀̃͛͝ȩ̴̫̳͎̳̲͇̗͇̝̬̻̏̂̓̀̕̚ͅd̴͉̃̿̐á̵̧̧͈͉̜͔̟̬̲̗͕̥͗̽̄̾͠c̷̺̪̯̋̿͊̕t̴̛͓e̷̞̝̱̰͖͕̜͖͋̋̍̍̿̆̈́̿͠d̴̡̢̬̫͇̥͕͈͎̖̘̞͂͂̑̎̎͒̚ͅͅ]̶̨͉̭̙͙̜͓͎̱͚̰̞̉̆ͅ ̴̡̛͈͇̮͆͋̽͗̄̏̋̌̌̎͠ở̶̧̛̰̜̼̖̱̹̎͛̑̀͊̊̐͒̃͑͝f̴̢̢͓̭̟̮͈̘͓̣̲̰̯̹̿̿͒̈́̔͘ ̴̥̱͍̞̯̳̙̼͇͈̜̳̙̮͎̈́͛̂̆͛͝t̷̘͓̪̮̦̻̬̎́̐͋̈́̓̈͑h̶̡͍̥̗͈̙̲̹̥̘̯̱̲͓̟̓̂̃̅̿́͆̏͗͆̋͝e̴̻͔̱̐̏̚͜ ̶͎̥̠͍̻̝̳͇̮͋̔̃͜ͅͅų̵̙͉̻̯̀̓̎̓͊́̃̃̅̂̀͘n̶̝͇̑̀̽͐̓̍̊̎̑ỉ̷͇̝̬̬̠͛́͒̂̋̉̆͑̓͋͐͘͜ͅv̴̢̨̨̨̢̛̼̥̣̙̱̫̳͍͙͙̊̂̓̐̎̽̀̀͘͝e̵̛̹͛͑̒̉͌͛̅̉͆̒͝r̷̬͒̊s̵̭̘̞̓͋͌̾̈́̎̑̉͠e̷̪̱̰̱̙̍̑̎ ̸̢̣̩͕͕̐̉̚͠ͅt̴̡̛̗̯̞̖̩͇͒̊̒͋̃̀̔̉͂h̸̡̹̝͖̞͔̝̟͔̳̼̮͉͔̍͑̐a̶̡̭̰͕̘͍̪̲̣͑̑̑͂͑̀͝t̵̙̫̗̖̒́̓̌͐̽͘̚͜͠ ̵̡͍̻̱͉̼͔̂̑̽̅̄̀̆͑̕ͅ[̸̞͙͉̥̣̳̹͇̠̞̞̞̉͗ŗ̴̡̝̜̖̻̯͉̖̻̤̯̱͖̦͠͝ę̸̢̛̤͓͙̠̠̯̹͓͍̹̥̜̃̈́̑̌̽̏̀̽́̏͜d̶̥̟͔̰̜̳̦͚͔̊̔̽͊̑̏̃́̄̄̽̕̚͝͠å̷̡̝̦̹̬̣̟̱̯͒͒͌͋͝͠͠c̸̭̙̟͙͙̻̗͊̀͂͋̊̽̊̈́̂̀͌̍̽t̴͍̪̮̤̮̤̬̥͇͙͚̋̀̃̀͆̀̚̚͝e̷͖͇͕̳̭͈̺̩̠̫̻͑̋́̃̊̇̓́ḑ̴̲̱̦͚̝̯̪̓̌̈́̉͒͠]̷̧͕͔̤̰̠̖̦̪̼͖͓̯̩̀͌̒͆̂͝ ̵̧̠͔̮̖̗͕̼͉̼̏̔̂̌͛̏͆̅̊̑͝t̴̖͎̘̹̫̠̯̣̟̊́̀̔̄̒̈́ŏ̴̺͈̻̠̞͚̘̬̲̘̣͕͚͇̯̾̽̾͒̀̈́̐̑͗͆̚͝ ̴̪̠͎͇̿̀̂̓͂̇́̓͝b̶̪̮̾̈́̑̾̄͌̀͂e̷̡̢̨̟̗̼̘̼̥͍͍̦̭̳͐̀̑̈́̽͒ͅ ̷̛̛̳̞̱̞̜̦͔͂̒̎̓͐̈ͅ[̵̡͕̌͑̓̓͒̂͑̃͒ṛ̵̟̹͕̭̏̀͛̂͋̔͋̓̉̃̈́̂͂̕e̵̢̡̟̲̞̱̭͆̄̒̋͑̋̐̒͐̕d̷̢̢͕͙̠̠͕̯̻̯͉̔̔ͅa̴͈̻̳̻͕͇͊̒̑͋̋̾͗̏̐̇̇͠c̷̪̭͙͕̭̫̦͍̻̑͒́̆͂ͅt̶͍̙̱͍̩̭̭̭͆͗̑̋̀̾̚e̶̢̨̩̱͔̭̩̦̘͚̜̙̖̩̍̌̋ḑ̷̡͈̙̹̦̼͆͊͐̐̇̿̎͋͘͘͝]̸̧͉͎̲͊̃͑̒̎͜͝ ̸̧͖͍̹̩̩͐͝u̵̡̼͙̗̺͉͙͚̲̱̲̎͘n̶̛̫͓̳̭̎̊͑͐̐̂̋̀d̸̨͈̯͙̲̳̠̮͇̖̩̠͈́̇̇͠ͅͅe̵̛̙̟͍̬̟̣̻̔̇ŗ̶͍̭̦̯̪̩̪̥͕̣̗̲̊̇͛ ̵̛̛͍̤͂̔̾̆̋̉́̍̒̐̓̚[̷͇̠̭̱̣̬̝̗̪̱̹͂r̶̢̨͚̬̱̼̟̪͑͂̌͊̄͒̇̒e̶͎͇̺̱͔͚̞͎͓͋́̈́̊̔̌̅͌́͆̀͝ͅḑ̵̖̦͔͇̩̠̱̮̗̜̤͗͊̑̓̎̂́̔̕͘̕͜ͅa̵̡̡̪͖̺̱̥̻̙͉̔̀̿͋̓͜ċ̶̢̪̝̭̮͖͚̗͓̙͙́̚ț̸̡͚̺͒͛̅͋̈́͐̔͆̀̍͐̈́̃͝ę̸̛̪͕͕͈͓̝̻̠̯͉͍̺̦̜̃͑̎͋̈́̅͆̋̾̀̚͘̕d̴̨̝͙̪̜̬̥͖̠̪̠͉̐̍͝]̴̲͕̯͓͖̘̫̕.̵̨̡̳̳͙̼̹̯̤͌̈͂̎̓̃̀̃͘͘͠ ̶̣̗͂̽̄͑̊̏̏D̴̛̬̹̱̬̙̓́̓̈́̑̍̿̄̄̾̓͘͠ͅį̵̱̜̞̪̪͔̣̎̓̈́́d̵̢̠̳͚͖͚̱̙́̓̈͒͠ ̸̳̮͔̤̰͓̭̊̉y̷͓̼̟̼̖̑͒̈́͆̈̿́̈́́̚͝ộ̴̠̦̗͇̻̞͉̈́͘u̶̯͈͂̃͝ ̸̨̛̱̝̜̭̹̦̮̼̻͎͚̪̠̄́̄̒̔̾̔͋̓͂̄̈́̚ͅr̷̦̾̎e̶̮͆̎͗̌͑́̔̄̓̔̿̒á̷̡̰͕̟̜̝̣̘̎͐̌͜͜͝l̶̞͕͓͎͑̆̌͌͋l̶̮̰͕͇͉̯̆͛̈́̍y̵̡̟̞̣͖̱̝̫͉̓͌̋͒̇̊̉̑̀̚̚͝͝ͅ ̸̪͓̳̲͓̲̝̻̫̮̘̅͗̓͌̅̓͋͌̆̾̓͂͌͒͜t̷̛̩̖̹͔͙̻̯̻͉̙̎̌ͅh̷̰͙̼͍̪̘͔̗͈̀͒̀͛̔̀̅̄̇̐̇͠ǐ̸͎̙̗̙̼͊͂̓̓͌̊̃̿̒̋̌̓͠n̸̨̧̼̜͈̟̦͉̗͓̯͂̈́̔̂̆͛̈́̅͐͋̅́̃͝k̷̬̤͈̝͔̼̑̏́̈́́́͒̀̐̃͠ͅ ̸̦̫͉̟̞̮͕̑͂̓̍̈̄͑̏́̿̾̓́͜ͅÌ̸̡̝͓̙̙͔̫͉̩̞̐͑̉͛ ̶͚̼̥͈̖͂̒̀w̶̧̓̒̒͑̅ǫ̷̛̜̞͍̬̻̻͍̲̦͈̼̦̽́̅́̏̊͗̽̽̽ṳ̷̫͍̹̘̯̝͇̤͈̊̆͊ͅľ̴͖͔d̷̝̘͙̟͎̀̾̏͘͝ ̷̣̯̟̮̫̘̘̆̒̉̉̉͑͗̍͒̽p̷͙͚̹̗̟̣͓̗̣̣̻͙̟̠̤͂̽̃̏̒͒͆̔͝u̴͇͇̿̒̊̊̿̆͆̾͘͘ț̴̟͎̣̑͋̚͝͝ ̵̨̮̩̬̺̞̗̩͙̣̿͌͋͊̈̀͋̂̏͊̚̕͝͠s̸̢̡͎̦̮̎̅͌͊̂̀͑̑͠͝t̸͕̤́͠u̶̢͈͎̠̯̙̙̯̱̿̉̂̑̃̉͗͜͝f̵̡͙̗͉̠͍̘̜͈͖͖͔̯̘̳͋̍͑̈́f̵̨̛̛̻̯̳̗̞͖̻͊͛̅̈́͗͌̊̄̉̾͘ ̶̡̧̡͎͇͎̦͓͎̝͉͍̞͎͚̀̈́̈̑́̽̕͝y̷̛͓̫̹̖̟̣̝͑͗̌͌̀͆̅̍͋̀́̕͠͝ơ̶̟͚̩̤̭̰̰͑̔̀̂͊͆u̶̢̧̮̘͍̜͙͍͔͍̞̣̜̞̤͋͂̍̃́͠ ̴͖̟̞̟͕̺̳͚͈͎̾̃͒̄̎̔c̴̢͚̥̪͕͎̜̼̩̰̖̞͐̿͠ǒ̸͇̬͈͓̺͔̻̥̘̭̋͒͊̌͑́̈́̃̃͘͝ͅư̶͉͌͑̌̈́̇͆̈͋́͆͒̚͝͝l̸͉͕̗̻̱̈́͒̀͘̕d̷͙͂̌̾̍̐̊̇͊̈́̊͒̓̚̕n̶̡̺̦̝̬̉̿͌͂͌̄̿͆̎́̋͋̈́̕̚'̷̨̳̭̻̼̖͍͔͎̽̾͆̿̂̉t̶̝͈̪̯̞͙̳̣̔̐̍͆̕ͅ ̸̢͇̼̫̺͔̭̩̦̬́̋͜ͅȁ̷͙̟͎̜̲̺̐̐̎͂̓̌͒̉͘͠͝͝͝ḽ̴̣̗͆r̷̛̯̳̫̗̖̱͐͛̑̏̅̔͊̇͗̈́͛̚͠ȩ̴̢̝̫͓̫͕͔͎̟͈̱̮͕̥̉̄͆͂̌̅͂̕ä̴̛̪̳̜̦̼̱̰̭̝͇̥̝̦́́̄̅d̴̞̰̬͚̱̠̱̹̳̞́̆̍̔͒̓̈̇̓̿͑̕̕̚͜͝ÿ̵̞́͋͛ ̸͇̝͍̳̩̱̅̾̈͑̐͗̃̐̓́̑̕͘̕ͅḡ̷̡͍̗̖̻̫̬̍̃̈́̆̌̓̆ủ̵̯͙̩͓̥̳̦̬͎͓̆͊͂̏̚̕ë̵͍͈͎̣̥͙̭̻͚͔̳̻́ͅs̸̫͊̄̐̌̀̈́͝s̷̨͈̜̣̲̎̔̀͌́̾̇̿̆̌͌͆̅̚͠ͅ,̸̢̧̟̠͍̱̘͓̹̙̿̀̉͆͒̍̽̃͌̈́́͜͠͝ ̷̛͚̠̎́̽͋̍͌͒̊̈̕S̶̨̨̨̲̗̞̰̆̽̏̍̓̈́̍̌̚͝e̷̡̗͕̗̼̊̐̃̈̈́̈͋̐͆̂́̊̀̈́̀a̵̘̦̱̪̜͎̰̫̾̆́̊̂̊͊̉̐̀́͝͝͝s̷̡̛̯͍͎͉͓̮͊͊̽̈́̈̋͛́̐͒͋͜͝ͅp̴̧͓̯̖͓̪̙̦̰̩̻̀͒̂́ė̸̢̱̰̦̇́́͒͐̂͌̍͊͌̌̾̇͝c̴̨̛̀̅̀̾̊͆͐̎̓t̴̡̹̥̘͔̫͚̯̦̞̞̱͔̗̍̑͌̓̉e̴̳͍̰̙̻̲̜̔̍̈́̽̅̓̏̈̉́͜͝ͅř̶̙̬̥̂̈̔̓̾͜ͅ,̵͕̠̞̜̖̪͕̲͆̀̈́̾́̓̒́̍̈̉͜ ̸̛̫̯̙͈͔̼̱͇͓͉͌̆̆̅̓͐͑̐̏̽̽͝Ĺ̸̖̲̈́͆̏̏̒̌u̶̧̖͎͖̣̳͚͓͆̎͊̀̅͛̕͝͝ǹ̴͎̅̋͛͌͋̂̄͝ā̵̧̛̤̪̪̯̳̜̺͚̫͔̲̫͋̄̓̾̾͊̏̃̈̿͝͝͝S̷̡̧̞̯̬̲͉̣̗̠̓͋̀̋͊́̓̿͋͝ǫ̸̨̲̟̱̰̠͓̠͖̀͛͜ͅͅl̸̫͍̠͉̠̇̓̔͑͋́̿̽̾͜͠ͅt̷̨̩̬̤̩͛̽̀́̂̇͒ä̶̧̝̦̩̓͑͆̈ē̸̛̹̏̑̊̽r̷̡̭̦̯̼̤̭̆͛̀͒͒̌͊̀̈́̀̇̕͘̚͝,̴̧̜͚̬̹͍͔̟̻̘̠͇̱͆́̾̈̓́͂̀ ̷̨̬͓͎̩̗̯̠̖͎͍̙͋̓̈͛͊͛̋̕̕͜ͅą̸̡̡̛̱̺̣̝͚̤͍̦͔̀̽̀̏̓̏̔̚̕͘͠ń̶̨͕͕͖̘̃̓̌̉̍d̷̨̡̢̹̱̰̪̟̲̝̮͇̭̟͔̊ ̴̼̗͔̺̼̺̟̖̟̮̿̃͂̊͑̆̈̀́́̑̔́̐͒M̸͙̳͓͔̖̦̟̝͈̗̤̰̽̾̋į̶̮̆̔̉͊̿͛͗̋͂̄̓̚n̷̞̒̾̎̈́͐́́͠t̶̛̜̺̮̼̙̱̲͕̮̄̂̽́͜i̷̢͎͗̔̇̋̈́̏͆͌͘͝Ļ̵̺̼̪̬̜͍̗̪͍̤̯͎̱͛̂͑͐̽̀̇͜͝į̴̝̮͓̭͚̝̱̗̃ͅm̷̩̯̩̞̃̍̎̓̅͑̈́̌̏́͋̆͠e̷̡͈̜̯͖̼͕̪̩̟̼̼̥̞̾̓͌̋͐͜?̵̧̨̖̗͍̱̞̣̦͚͉̰̪̀̂̇̌͌̆͜͝ ̸̯̲̼̂͛́̿͋̌̓͊̚̚P̷̛͉̪͆̿̿̄́͂͂̐̎̎̿̌͠s̶̲̹̞̆̏̐̈́̔̍̇͑͝y̵̢̡̤̖̲̠̳̰͈̦̹̌̇̕ͅc̸̜͔̙̟̜̤̣͇̓͒̄͑h̸̢̧̧̛̹͙̩̰̳͓̭̻̏̈́̾̒̌̅͆̚͜!̸̦̙̇̈́́̀̎̆̍̿̕
Hope that helped!
 

Jemini

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The big thing to know is that you should never overwhelm your readers with too much information.

The more complex your magic system, the more you have to drip-feed the readers. I think Ascendance of a Bookworm is likely the master-class in seeing this applied. I wouldn't say the magic in that world is especially complex, I could probably sum it up in four or five paragraphs, but there are some little intricacies about it and finer details. The bigger issue though is the culture that developed around this magic, which needed a lot of slow introduction.

It is a 20-ish book series, and you are still discovering new facets about the magic system of that world even into the very late portions of the story, but all of it builds on and meshes with earlier parts of the story in a manner that shows how well the series was planned, because these new rules you discover about magic (such as how much color actually does matter in magic,) you can look back to the very beginning of the series and see that these rules really were applied even that early on and the only difference in the late story is that it was revealed to the MC and thus the audience.

(Very early on, in part 2, it's discovered that dye mixing doesn't produce the colors Mine expects it to due to her Earth knowledge. It isn't until very late in part 4 that we discover the answer to why this is, which is because power in this world is related more to mana than to pigment. She didn't know enough about mana back during part 2 to have ever figured this out back that early.)
 

Sylver

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Magic systems and their implementation and introduction should be thought of in the same way that the characters in the story would think about scientific topics.
You're suggesting that the only explanation needed is the one necessary for the characters to follow, not the readers?
 

Tyranomaster

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You're suggesting that the only explanation needed is the one necessary for the characters to follow, not the readers?
Yup. If the magic system is really interesting and unique, the readers will still pick up on it. The only reason to lecture readers about the magic system is if your characters are actively researching the magic system. Otherwise you are actively breaking immersion to talk about irrelevant facts.

In that case, what you are actually writing is a game manual with some flavor text for a game that the potential players aren't allowed to play.
 

ThrillingHuman

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Don't explain anything, whenever I see some author begin explaining how magic "works" I get nauseous and have an urge to drop the story, because it is always, always cringe - especially when they try to do it from a low level "oh look, there is this mana and you take the mana" - ah, I fucking hate it when they do it even if I once upon a time did the same, fuck even thinking of it makes me cringe...
 

TsumiHokiro

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  1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
  2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
  3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Arthur C. Clarke
 

MintiLime

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My story slowly informs the reader of the magical system, sharing the most of the information they need to garner information. And then, for those who prefer to be told and to flesh it out better for myself, rather than figuring it out for themselves, I dump it in a bonus chapter mid-story.
But most importantly, there are elements that are forbidden (i.e. I cannot reveal), no matter what, until the main character knows. The reader has to know they are missing knowledge, but they don't get to know because the tension keeps them wondering and theorizing. But again, they HAVE to know they are missing it, otherwise they will get grumpy, and feel (rightfully so) that you just tossed some shit you expected them to know or care about right at their face.
But, to make the lore dump palatable, I fill it with a whole bunch of interesting tidbits and side tangents that flesh out the world. I write out a lot of fascinating little ways in which the magic system impacts the world at its core and the way it runs.

Figured you might want to see this, @Seaspecter , @LunaSoltaer , and @MintiLime ! I am betting you've got some stuff, but there may be information or stuff you haven't gotten yet!

My power system is built around the introduction of Essence into our universe, which had been unrealized, none of its metaphysical aspects actualized in reality.
Essence is separated into three, but it is only these categories only exist because of humanity's perceptions and the [redacted]. There is Magic, Miasma, and Eldritch. Eldritch is simply the grab-bag where all of the Essences not comprehensible by humanity are stuck in by scientific standardization, but more importantly, it is not in the [redacted]. Though, as a side note, humanity kind of fucked up on this. There are other Essences that are well known and well-characterized, they are simply labeled as something different because they were originally believed to be different when the Magical System first arrived. Described, boringly, as the Stat Forces, they are what those little numbers in your System boxes measure.
And now, for the Stat Forces, I am just going to copy the link to my chapter, because I do NOT want to summarize them again. Fun the first time, never a second time. https://www.scribblehub.com/read/740729-charisma/chapter/742713/
And then there is this absolutely vital information about Essences and the way they are characterized by Truths with a capital 'T'

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M̸̢̡̪̦̱̗̮͓̎à̷̪̬̦͚͖̮̳̏̈́͐̒͊́ͅg̸͓͔̣͎͉͈͓̝͕͓̟̤̑̓̊̑͑̈́̀͂́̉̋̚͘͠i̸̠̯͇̝͛̒͂͌̅̅̓̿̎̿͘͝c̸̣̟̀́̃a̷̼͍͍̠̠̤̯͔͇̾̒͋̐͂͗̌̈͘̚͜l̵̩͚̂̀͛͊͆̏͆͊͗̅͑̊͐̕ ̶̖̰̤͙̼͈͇͋T̴̢̛̬̹̰̰͇̱͓̈́̍͒̈̈́̈́̉̃́̀̈́̈͘͜͠ͅṛ̶̪̝̳͎̱̱̯̱͉͔̍̀͂̈̇̈͌̍͋͜u̴̢̘̖͈͈̪͋̽̽̄̓̿̀̈̈́̈́͆̄̕͘ț̷̡̖̰̝͑̇͋̅̏́̾̅͠ḩ̵̞͓͙̲̯̬̥͖͖̆͋̆̕͝s̷̛̝̺͕͚̫̙̰͖͇̺͊͋͑͛͛̓̽̊͂̅́͝͝ ̷̝͈͎͉͖̙͉͈̈̒̎͑̓́͌̔̚͘ą̵̭͉̩̘̻̘̳̳͑̎͛̈́̈̿ŗ̸̰̘̼̹͕̭̘͎̯̬̭͉̤̞̈́̽̓̾̒͒͑͗̏̃̉͝ẽ̷̪̗͕͓͖̺͕̮̰͛̏̀͌̒̿̍̎ ̸̨͎̜̎̅̓̌̃̓̔̇̏̚͜͝c̴͚͌̑̆̓̈́̑̅͗̄̓̽̕͘ò̴͚̳̈́̓̚m̶̧̡̩̗̳͚̘̮̭̰̰̯̫̊́̓͜͝p̷͚̜͙͈̦̰̹͎̅̒̈́̒̀̽͋̾͘͠ơ̷͎̜̩̻̞̾̔̆̉̅̄͒̏̂̓̉̕͠ş̶̧͕͍̘̖͇̪͇̳͕͆̈́̓͝ę̷̡̭̲̞̱̣̪͇̿ͅḍ̸̢̳͖̺̳̻͍̏̔̉̑̀͑̓́̓̋̉̚͠͠ ̵͈̿͋͛ớ̴̡̢̡̲̤̥̗̝͆̑̈́̉͗̂̃͌̌͝ͅf̵̡̧̱̣̟̭̰̰̪̘̰̲͚͑ ̵̧̤͉̚͜t̴̹̭̅ḫ̴̢̡̠̝̘͔̮̮͇̭͔̎̾̈̎͐̇̍̈́̃̄̓̚ͅȩ̷͉̤̱͕̳̖̥̐̋̆ ̶̰͇̰̰̺͋̀̾̐̓̚m̶̛͕̳̫̩̯͔̺̟̘͈̬͚̒͂̈͐̋̽͐̿̅̕̕͜͝á̷̧̛̻͖͓͓̄́͐͒̽̽̀̌̍̉̑̓͠n̵͖̗̈̓̈́͛̓̋y̴͖̥͕̟̌̔͒̈́̔̉́͛͑̍̎̍̌͜͝ ̷̧̙̖͈̼͇̫̮̖̯͖̃̆ͅw̸̥͕͕̰̯͚̓̈́͆̓͑͋̀̋͊̒̈́̽͜͝͝a̸͍̫̘͖͓͖̥̖̮͕͖̘̝̜͌̈́̃̊͐͌̉̃̃̉̀̎͝ÿ̸̡̨̖͖͎̤̦̱̠̬̝̜̤́̈́̌͒̐͌̓͌͒̊̈́͊s̸̻͔̯̦̲̦̎̐̋̈́͋̄́̋̚ ̶̡̛̪̩͓͇̰͖͇͙̪̲̳̮̿̓́̅́̀͑̈́̓̇̃̚ẗ̸̡̛͎̹̟͂͌͘̚̚ͅh̷̩̯͋̅̂͌̇͐̆̅̓͝e̸̥̗̭̦͖͆̄̅̅͘͜ ̴̡̘͙̼̙͙̯̱̝̘͛́͂̉͛͐͜͠w̷̛̥̿̿͊͌̈ǫ̶̩͖̮̖̤̲͗̃̋̍̈́͒̌̆̓͆r̴̢̪̠̞̣̝̺̻̮̠̬̻̤̀̽̓̀̂l̸̟͓͖͇̲̓͊d̵̡̪̣̪̗͈̠͓͙͖͝ ̶̱̐̄̋͒̌͒̽̅̈́̿͊́̑̄c̷̢̖͎̫̟̗̠̲̟͉̫̪̎̍̑̋̓͛͠ű̸̢̩̘̭̰̬̘͉͙̰̥̈͒̓̾̀̎̄̈̃͂r̴̘͂̐̓̋̊͑̉̾̊̃̍̕̚̕͠r̸̘̖̱͉̊̽͊̑̈͠ẽ̸̡͖͇̽̽͘ņ̷̳̘̏̆͗͛̈́̏̍͊̚͠t̸̲̰͍̠̱̺̜͚̪͂̒̈̔̌̀͆́̎̑̌͘͝͝l̴̜̤͍̲̖̼͔̟͙̜͕̄̌̀͘y̷̨̛̝͕̰̗͉̠̲͕̮̑̅̄͑̐̒͋́̿̕͝ͅ ̶̛̯̂̎̓̕͘͝ẅ̸͚̫́̿̏o̸͇̳̼̍͛͂̾̌̀̽̀̿̏̽̇̆͆̕ṛ̸̺̞̻͇̞̞͔̠̩͈̲̙̣́̾̂͋̈̿̽̀̑̿k̵̨̢̳͔̯͖̘͍̥̼̀̂ͅs̵̨̟̬̹̰͍̰̞̞͚̠̪̤̜͌̎̃͑̈̋̓̊̑ ̶̠͇͔̘̦͙̟͇̭͉̜̘̱̓̀͗̈́̅̏̐͘ą̵̛̛͔̖̠͑̋̑n̴̼͇̥̣̘̪͖͕̜̓̒͊͘͠d̷̨͕̥͔̤̳͔̐ ̵̢͍͓̟̼̣͑͒̊̔̓̀̽͜͠c̴̙͓͖̲̰̝͓̞͙̈͐́̚o̸͙͐͊͗́͆̅̋̈́̈́̈́̾ů̸̡̡̥̞͖̮̱̺͈̈́͂ͅl̸͓͓̪̜̺̿̿͊͛̓̏̂̐͌́̈́͗̄͘d̷̥͚̳̥̆ ̷̺̖̯̈́̒͌́̃̑͝e̸͖͂̾͂̌̈́͒͝v̶̧̤̠͚̝̺͇̫͕̬̬͕̟͛̐̃͛͐̏̓̍́̐͐̔͝ǫ̶͗̏̋̇͒̄͌̌̀̌̚̚͠l̴̡̨̛̲͈̦͎̹̱͕̼͇̦͎̣͐͐̉̇̾̉̾͐̊̄́̕̕v̶̢͕̼̜̼͙̎̓͋̏̀͑͒̕e̷̢̙̗͍̝̙͖͒̀̏͐̌̆͊̅͛̿̕͜,̵̢̠̺̜̥̻͇̤̻̯͚̓̾̓̑̒̂̒̒̚ ̷̢̧̺̰̬̉̎̈̀͑́͘͝͠͝a̵̧̧̧̩͇̱̻̼͎̲̽̿͛̍͂̎́͘̕̚ń̶̟͔͙̱̱͚͇̤̱̅̾̈́͂̾͋͆̅̓͆̌̅d̷̨̛̝̰̠̰̘̗̒̆̎̿̍͂̌̔̏̚̚͝ ̷͚̞̱̫̜͈̪̪̈̍͜͜t̴̘͍̰̦͙̊̀̄͑́̓͛̄̌̑ḩ̵̡̛͎̺̠͔̞̤͈̙̳̯̬͗̂̽͑̌̈͑̈́̅͊̕̚̚͠e̵̖̪̙͓͒̊̈́̈́̋͌̋y̴͇͔̹͇̬͖͍̝͖̖̼͓̜̜̓̅̈́̔͌̏̚̚͘ ̸̳̳͓̻̥̻͕̮̞̬̻̣̓̄͒̎̽́͒̌̕͠g̶̢̩̪͕̩̳̰̬̠͙̼̠̬̤͋o̸͙̪͎̪̹͎͎̱̜͍͕̻̎͗͗͊͗͒̅͐̕͠ ̷̣̰̲͂̅͗̅́͊̅́̏̚͘͜͝ṯ̵̡̻̘̤̣̪̐ọ̷͓̪̻̬̲͎̫͎̀̉̓̎͛̓̆͌̀͝g̶͉̤̟̝̠̙̥͈̤͇͑͊̆͋̽̓̎͂̅͠e̶̙͇̰̖͉̝̅̑̉̓t̴̹̯͕̰̼̱̦̘̭͈̙̃̋͘h̴̨̧̧̫̬̥̮̹͙̪́̒̇̔̎̉̍̾̏̀̃̃͋͘é̷͖̼̪̬̺̂͂͝ṙ̷̛̬̲̣̥̫̬̼̭̓̅̔͌͊̔̎͗͆̕.̶̡̺̫̗͎̱̮̜̩̪̥̯̣̻̲͊̆̇̋̀͋̉͗̈́̿̎̈́͠ ̵͙͈̤̝̦̺͇̭̹̒̀[̶̨̛̠̝̗̟̟̻̫͎̭̘̹͍̝̀͆́̉̑̈̆̿̉̈ṙ̸̢͍̝̫̠̞̯̀̓̉̇͑̀̐̆̓̚͘͝ȩ̸̢̨̯̜͉̝̫̼̮̠̺̮̭̿̄̈̀̅̀̈́̑͐͜͝d̸̨͚̗̖̜͕̲̳̼̹̞̓̾̿̏̋̎͌̉̋͒̄͘̚͜͠ͅa̶̡̛̅̚̕c̶̨̢̡̝̫̭̱̞̘̗̻̩̺̪̍t̷̢̰͙̙͓̯̼͇̏͜ę̸̯̱̳͎̋̏̀̌̅́͛͑̿̓̉̀͝d̷̛̠͉̩͍̳̋͆̊͋͊͒͠]̷̞͉̪̥͔̙̗̞̒̇̄ͅ,̸̛̠̱̀̔̅́̿̃̓͊̽̈́̂̚ ̵̢͓̜͖͕́̈̀͊͋̀̓i̶̢̦͓͇̗̻̹͌̏̑̽̆̅͂͗͋͘ņ̶̨̨̢̛͇̭̦̏̀̎͒͒̅͊́̎͗̿̀͒̕ ̷̧̘̰̥̯̠̲̹̱́̀̉̒̊͝͝ë̶͖̝̲͕͈͖̩̫̩̱̗́̈́̄́̉̌̓̐͂͋̔͛̚s̵͉͈͓̫̼͓͖͉̲̓̂̓̌͜ṣ̷̭͚͙̥̤̗̝͎̭̟̍͋͗̉̋̐͐͐̇́̕͝͝e̸͇͙̰͎̔̽̇̾̑̿͌̔͒̕͜n̵͔̩͖̑͒̽̎̿̆c̸̪̳̐͛́̏͊̔ȩ̵͝.̴̡̭͓̺̻̻̥͙̝̬̍̿̈́̋̆͋̊̊͘ ̸̲̦̩̳͉̟̗̙̝̻̖͎̤̣̆̅̇͒̄̋̐̊̍̐̚͠͠Ḿ̷̯́̈́̇̓̒̆̾̓̾̚͝ī̵̛̗̼͔̞͈̻̻̤̣̭̙̩͚͍̔̊̈́̈͐̓͒̌͋̔͛͝a̴͎̤̥̣̳͂̓̃͑̈́̓͝s̵̩̖̓̐̉̾̽͗̅̉̋̈́͘̚̕͘m̶̧͎̙̞̠̗̃͊̊̾́̃͛̃͝͝i̴̡̨̭̹͙̟̗̯̼̋̑͌͒͑͑́͌̂͂̕͜͝ḉ̶̣̰͇̣̱̘̙͔͊̍̑̒̓̈͆̚͘̕ ̵̢͖̗̥̳̹̮̲͇͌̾T̸̛̠̘̫̳̳̑͂̈̎̔̃̾̏͝r̶̢̢͕̮̩̬̭͎̮͙͓͉͙̜̍̿̒̇ͅu̶̳̗̠̯̦̠̲̯͛t̴̜̥͍͇̹͖̬̖͚̣̎̄̎h̷̡̡̢͍̳̖̞̝̰̺͔̐̔͂̅̂͗̅͗̎̿̈́́ş̴̖̺̩͎͓̼͍̣͎͔͛ ̵̜̝̗͓͕̪̙̦̫̤̹͙͌͋̇͌͊͑͑͋͛̋̏ͅḁ̷̧̧̡̛̞̬̻̻̭̳̣̥̈͊́̆̚͜r̶̡̟̼̝͒e̸̡̤͋̅ ̵̨̦͉͗̃͗̍̋̏̋̾̋̎̋̍́̕̕ͅc̶͈̜͋o̸̟͙̬̣͉͐̍͂̉̈͐̓͋̐̄̚͠m̴̡͈̤͕͚̳̲̾̾̀̆͒̀̔̇̏͐͝p̷̦͎͛̐̓̓͑̕ǫ̷͔̝͚̦̈́s̸͚͙̺̈́ế̵̻͓̼̤͎͙̺͒̇́̍̑͒̾̚̕d̸̛͙̞̤̘̦̰̜̝͖͔̻̺͈͌̍̿̈́̀̾̐̕͘͠ͅ ̷̧̺̝͔͎͔̗͍̰͕̱̊̆̌̄̈́͂͘ǫ̸̙͓̩̤͎̙͈͊̃̏̒͝f̷͇͒͑͐͒̋͗̄͝ ̴̢̳̰͉̗̺͔̮̟̪̼̲̝̌̌̓̾̆̍̐̈́͐̾͘͝ţ̴̡̮̙͉̮͈̫̳̲̗̦̤̳̫͛̀͆͆͛̇̂͊̈́̈́̾̚̕h̴̢̛͙͖̘̱͕͔͉̪̯͐̆͊̅̿̈́̈́̔̽̾͛̇̕̕e̴̛͙͇̪͋̍̽́͛̿̈̀͂̉̏̋̊͑ ̴̧̡̰̤̻͎̞̬̹̠̠̝̩͖̪̔̐̂̏͆̓̃̚m̸̩̳͈̹͎͚͕̖̜̻͖̆̿ă̷̢̜̖̜̳̤̟̘̫̿͆̌̒̋̃̇̂̋́͋̑̚͜͝n̸̢̨̧̢̥͓̫̤̠͉̲̦̣͊̆͆͑̉̾͋̈͋̾͐̈̏͜y̶̛͓̟̪̲͎͙̣̥̘̰̝̜̣̼͂̔́̑̽̈́͗̓̇͐̆́͝ͅ ̸̼͔̖͒̈́̊͑̾w̴̨͙̹̩͆̌ä̴̲͉̗̖͇̳̙͎̗̩͊̃͌͂̒̃̔͋̅̈̉̕͘ÿ̵͓̟̆̓͝s̵̢̢̢̨͓͎̼̼̩̣͚̟͎̼̑̉̆ ̸̲̹̖̬̽́̀̓̿̓̊͆́̅̕̕͝i̶̛̛̹̮̫͒̽̈́́̓̓̍̚̕͜n̷̛̜͉͂̆̈́̃̈͌͛̓̈̔̕ ̵̨̨̳̫̙͍͓̤͇͝w̶̧̡̢͖̼̯̬͓̩̰̩̿̀͒̊h̷̬̖̖̬̝̩̟̅̾̉̏̿ì̸̢̱̦͓̈́̃̋̒̽̒͝͠c̴̼̰͕̙̹̘͍͚̬̞̙̲͜͜͝h̵̨̛̰̭̝̦̰̪͔̣̯̥͎̣̋̍͊̀̽͌̏̅̕ ̵̰̰̱͕̩̩̱̫̤͓̳̘̝͋̆̒̚͝ţ̵̞̪͍͙̺̺̯̽̌̓͂͐̊͑͐̀͠h̴̡̨̛̫͎̙̳̲͙̦̹̲̫͊̽͛͑̇́̑͛̌̌e̷̢̢͎͈͛͛̔ ̶̧̨̧̡̭͕̜̖̳͓̭̙̙͒̌͜[̴̢̣̯͈̃̈́̐̓ŗ̶̣͕̠̠͈͖̗͎̟̘̱̣͈̓͊̏̆͌̃e̴̝̘̬͝d̷̡̡̢̢̜̼̯̤͙͓̹͂̂̈͛̈́͘͜͜ͅͅȃ̶͈̘͔̱̻̳̃̌͋̊̋͊̈́̌́̈́̾͜ć̷̳̗͉͙̣̮̥͙͚͔̰̬̟́̾̀̚͜ͅt̶̫̐̀͋̑̐͑̽͊̍̑͝͠͠ë̸̤̖́̇͗̉͊̓̈̚͘͘d̷̤͎̏͆̆̊]̸̢̱̺̣̟̞̠͈̺̆̾͑̍ͅͅ ̶̢̃̊͌̏́̈̊̈́͊̌̀̃̏̓ḁ̴͔̜̂̓̂̄̈́̍͐̓̃̆̚͠ṋ̷̥̣̹̺̺̳̯̊d̶͙̹̱̞͎̃͐͛͝ ̵̨͎͓̲̹͉̦̮͍͈̙̍̇́͋̅͒̾͗͜͠ͅ[̷̡̛̳͋̇ṙ̵̨̧͙̪̝̘̗̖͚̬̣̗͆̋̿̎̇̓̽̏̓͌͜ͅë̶̻̙̰̩̤̫̦́̾͒̇̐̕ͅd̶̺͖͙̖͕̘̪̳̟̽́̊̈́͊́̾̎̇̊͆̕͜͝͠ͅa̴͈̼̮̻̘͋̓͂͝c̸̗̝͎͕͕̯̍̐ṫ̶̡̨͈̹̜̖͓̘̹̣̻͔̪̬̒̒̄́̏̏̑͑̑́͝͝͠͝ę̷̮̞̳̭̬́̇̅̔͗͗̎͆̽͒̕d̶̨̧͎̻̼͕̼̒̔͊]̶̦̯̠̉̊́̒̍̈̅̈́̃͝,̸͓̹͊̅̉̚ ̷̢̧̱̪̟͚̦͖̺͎͚̰̫̺̯̏̇͗͘ä̴̖̰̥̪͇̱̗̠̲̪̰͍͂̍̐̄̽̈́͑̑̓̕͠n̵̨͔̪̝̭̪̿̒͠d̷̡̠̪͉̟̜̥͇̗̈́̋̒̃͒̍̓̋̎̒̌̈̉͛̈́͜ ̸̭̍̿̓̾̓̾̓̚t̶̻̤̮͖̓̇̋̊̊h̸̢̢̧͎̘̦͉͉̳̒̏̀̿ĕ̶̺͎͇̩̻͕͎̼̤͒̄̏̾̓̇͌͆̉̑̕̕͝͝ͅ ̶͇͇̰͓͖̣͚͙͔̫̞̝̇̔̍̽̄͋͝w̶̧̨̡̧͇̲͍̲͍͚̼̕͜͜ͅá̵̫̠̭̥̬͈͔͚̻͇̪̒̿̿̍̔̒̅̂̑̉͘̚͠y̶̛̲̘͈̆̄̐̓̀̆̈̆̀̚̕͝ ̸̢̠̜̮͓̠͖͉̲͔̿̓̊̔t̷̨̡̛̖̺̫̗̹͚̜͕̳̜̘͒̒̾́̽́͑̇̃̎͝h̷̡͇̘̠̫̥͓͚̟̙̉̆̔̊e̶͈̮͋̀̒̌͗̅͗̾͆͐̍̑ ̴͖̠̗̤͉͚͛͌̄̊͑͐͑̋w̵̫͕͚͙̏̊̒̑͋̑̇o̴̳̹̲̙̞͕̘̗͂̄̄̈́̑͛͒̔̒̓̽́͘ŗ̵̜̬̓̒̉̇ͅļ̶͍͈̣̰̪̗̞͛͒̋̈́̐̒̂̊͘͠ḍ̴̂̊͗̃̓̿̽̔̈́̆̇͐̅ ̸̡̢͎̣̤̖̜͉̙̠͗̄[̴̗̻̭͓̙̮̤͓̂̿̌̈r̴̘̙̅̆͒́̄̑̌͑͌̅͘ę̶̧̫͎̦̳̻̝̯̱̠̗̈d̴̢̢̛̛̙̹̺͉͎͉̣̮͌̾͒͐̉̌͒̊̽̒́̔a̸͉̱̭̹͍͔͖̯̐̉͋͊̆̀̕c̵̯̙̱̫̮̰̞̖̣̯̙̈́t̷̻̓̾̔̓ȩ̵̢͖͓̙̫͖̞̼͈̮̈́̈́͆̍͋d̸̠̠̯̜̄̾̀̿̂́̿̈̑͒͂͝]̶̢̬̟̘̮̙͎̗́̎̑͐̂̃̊͗͗̈́̒̊̚͝͝ ̴̰̗͓̼̻͉̞̰̭̞̑̉̈́̉̎̾̉̌̍͌͆̏ŵ̶̛͖͍̘͙̲͉̫̣͎̉̈̎̀̔̊̆̾͋̀̈̋͝ǫ̷͙̪͇͍̦̖̭͚͔͍̞̣̉̂r̶͕̲͇̜̮̬̗̝̃͛ǩ̶̛̳̫͙̙̺͇̙̊͗̔̇̉̈́̾̎̏̂̊͗͝ ̷̧̢̼̹̼̮̻̫̳̪̳͎͙̄̑̿̒a̵̡̡̢̲͇̣̙͔͙̞̥̔̆͒̒͠͝͠c̶͔͖͇͆͒̀̑̋́̃́̈́͝͝͝c̸͉̔͒̆́̉̋͂̀̓́̀̕̚o̵̯͈̽̔̔̓̊͋̓͒̈́͑͊̀̚͠r̴̨̡̫͎͍̥̹̦͎̺̺͎͓̦̆̑̄̎̀̊͑̋̒͠d̶̨̨̧̨̧̮͎̩̻͔̝̟̠̩̙̄i̶̢̼̺̻̙̟̼͙̟̼̦͚̫̍͐̉͐ņ̷͍̌͝ğ̴̨̢͍͇̣̤͉͕̌͂́͋̊̓͂̇̎͝ ̶̛͙̮͍̺̳̣̮͐̂̂́͌̓̏̐̉͑͝͝͝t̶͎̪͈̫̤̋̈́̅͂̈́̄̀́o̶̠̤̾̈̽́̓̊̎͠ ̶̤̝͇͈͚̠̦̖̝͎͖̟͑͂̇̓͐̆͛͐̾͐̒̃̎̚t̴̥̞̳̭̪̰̞͙̰̎̉̓͋̐̅͛͜͠h̴̨̬͚͚̀̄͐̾̊͜͝ë̸̡̛̛̠̪͎͇͍͔̘͙͓̦̫͓̈́̑̍̅͐̅̿̕͠͝ͅḭ̶̡̫͔̫͇͙̃͊̏̈̄̍̓͛̉̓̊̎͌̕r̴̨͓̖̙̤͉̣̮̯͚̘̩̦̓͐̀͐̌̚ ̴̙̬̺̳͇̭͈̩̼͇̅̍̉̈͗̈́̚͜ͅr̵̘̪͎̈́̿̓̆̏̐̕ͅu̴̡̦͚̤͎͔̰̭͖̺̺̒̇̀̉l̸̟̘̜̣̯̬̬̘̰̒́̾̂e̵̢͕̙͈̰͚͈̖̖͕̱̙̫̤̐̈́̐̇̅̆̑͝͝s̶̡̛͉̮̖̭͓̙̦̘͙̼̅̿̑̀͋͑͌̚ ̶̧̨̧͔̝̫͕̞̮́̓͂̍͑̔̃̏̽̈͒̕͘͝ọ̸̢̜̥̘̩̼̜̙̪̲̹̱͐̍̀̏f̷̦̤̤̖̰͕̫̺͔̝͚̘̣̯͈̂͗̈́̽̚ ̶̡̡̜̻̙̭̲̖̦͓̲̙̾̌̒m̷͖̜̟̄̔͠͝ē̵̡̢̳̭͙̥̬̩̤͎̦͖͇̦̞̍̃̊͆͛t̸̜̄̊̈̑͗́͘a̵̧̖͍͎͚̖̓͆͒̓́͝p̷͈̠̔̍̇̓͌͋̄́͑̈́̐̿͐ĥ̷̡̞̬͔̰̫̲̯̬͚͛͗̎̏̐̍̊̈͗̕̚͘͠ẏ̴͎̖̰̤̟̰͈̼̰̖͙͖̽̏͘ͅs̸̮̞̤͙̟͖̣̼͎̟̩̱̯̀̄i̵̲͉̭̰͍͕͙͗͊̓̐̅͛͑͆͑̾͘͝c̷̫̤̝̩̠̱̰̭͕̺͙̣̝̍̀̐̽̆̃̽ş̸̡͇͔̳͖͉̬̰̦̬̽.̶̞̩̰̻͚̆̈̒̌̑̂͐̈̿̚ ̸̡̤̤̤̱̥͈͖̝͍̤͍͋͛̌̕̕͝Ṃ̵̢̢̞̗̬̠̯̲̟͓̻̤̮͒̆̾̐̽̌̐̇̆į̸̟̞̫͎͕͓̳̭̭̦̈́a̴̢̨̡̯̻̖̠͎̞̟̋̐̏͠s̶̙̬̈́́̈́̈́͌ͅm̶̧̢͚͚̻͔̼̮̓́́̉̕̚i̵̥̤̙̙͇͓͕̓̊̾̽̀͆͊̓͘̚c̵̡͈̻̲͎̍̎̇̍̊͛̔̀͛͌͋̿̂͘͝ ̸̲̞̞̟̲̌̓̑͌̈́͑̕͝͝Ť̶̢̡̡͔͕̆͂̓̈̒̏ŕ̸̯͉̫̹̱̰̙̹̹͈̳̘̟̝̘u̸̹͍̘̯͚͂̅̎̌̉̀t̴̢̨̡͉̤̩͖̭̖͗͆̀́̉̀͆̓͑̍̈́̒̕͠͠h̸̡̝̭̤͎̫̠̞͉͗̈́͑͑̿͑̆͛̾͌̓́̚͘͝ͅs̵̨̢̡̛̜̬̬̝͓̦̪̅̌̑͊̀̄̎̒͐̇̚͝ ̴̜̪̯̯̫̲͔̀̃̒́̾̐̋̚a̶̧̱̮̫̟̭̙͉̪͙͓̽͑̃͊̍̂r̴̺̥̬͍͔̥͕͈̀̾̾̃͊͘ḕ̴̫͚͇͈̼̟̺̲̭̯̬̥̜̣͊̽̒ ̵̧̧̛͇̻̤̰̞̱͈̳̺̩͚̣s̸̡̧̬̙̘͎͈͕̗͎͍̈́̍̀̑̓͠͝ͅë̶̡̥̝̘̻͖̦̼͔͔̖̳́̒͆̾̀̂p̶̢̢̢̨̛̤̻̣̠̬̦̘̮̑̑̈́͑̕͜a̶̛̳̤̪͆̒͋͋̉̔̈̀̚͜ͅṟ̷̡̢͔̜̩̫͋̉̈͐̉͘a̷͍̰͚͎͙̱̺̜̹̮̹̮̫͆̔̐̌̌͑̐̋̅̄̓͘̚͝ţ̶̧̯̞̥̮̣̯̪͓̗͕̣̏̍̋̐́̾̌͊̆̾̍͂͂e̴̹̺̞͉͇͕̙̽̀̃̾͑͒͛̏̾̍͗ͅ ̵͉͚̺̖̞͖̞̺̞̟̺̺͔̭̜͋ã̶̧̻̩̠͖͈̞̥̭̟̩̤̗̐̄̌̀̓̾̐̌̒̈͘͘͜͠ͅs̶͇͍͚̀ ̸̰̥͎̠̯̅̌̃̿̿̈̐͘͝[̵̡̧͇̱̘̖͇̜͕͎͛̍̃̌͑̽̐̈́̍̓̓̋̆̕͘ͅr̸͙͙̺͖̳̰̠̜̘͔̬̼̍̂́̓͛̕͜e̸̼̯͎͔͕̪̓͊̉͋̃̈͋d̵̻̩̲͈̯̺̫̪̜͗̈́̎̍͒͝͠å̵̩̦̄͑́̾͑͂͝͝c̴̛͉̪͉̪͈̱̟̊̈́̽̍͋̔̇͊̒t̴̻͔̻̹̞̥͙͑͆͐e̵̺̭̳̼̯̰͌̿́̌͒͛̑̕͜͝ͅd̸̛̮̜͊̽͂̀̇̃͝͝]̵̝͎̐̌̿͘.̴͕̹͕͌̈́ͅ ̸̤̥̪̞͇̹̟̮͍̦̩̈̎̋̀I̵̢͓͔̰̮̦̞̻͇͕̞̯̖̓͛̉̈́̊̑͑̓̆͠t̸̨̪̘̘̙̼̝̐̀̆͗ ̷̰̱͛́͐̂̊̿̈́̋̊͝͠ͅi̷͙͂̒̂̔̓̃͗̂̈̒͂̂͒s̸͚̠̻͚͉̥͚͎̱͕̭͚͕̪̟̎̑̔́́̽̿͋͊̌̇͘̕͘͝ ̷̙͖̻͖̠̔́̓̾́̇̿̔͋̌͋̂͌͝͝t̶̨̥̘̘̺̉̈̎̀̈ḩ̷̛̙̹͔̮̠̱͔̖͎̭̍̈́̽̇̓̋̆͂̂͜͜ͅę̴͈̱̹͙̫̯̹̺̼̯̮̺͕̘̑̄́͛̓͊̌͛̚͘͝ ̶̧̱̠̹͖͔̙̤̺̻͔̘̳͍̂͑͌̈̅̉̑̚̚͠͝[̶̖̩̗̥͊͂̌̅̔̾̑̊̓̂̂̒̚͠r̴͖̞͎̤͆̅̓̑̃̄͒͒̀̃͛͝ȩ̴̫̳͎̳̲͇̗͇̝̬̻̏̂̓̀̕̚ͅd̴͉̃̿̐á̵̧̧͈͉̜͔̟̬̲̗͕̥͗̽̄̾͠c̷̺̪̯̋̿͊̕t̴̛͓e̷̞̝̱̰͖͕̜͖͋̋̍̍̿̆̈́̿͠d̴̡̢̬̫͇̥͕͈͎̖̘̞͂͂̑̎̎͒̚ͅͅ]̶̨͉̭̙͙̜͓͎̱͚̰̞̉̆ͅ ̴̡̛͈͇̮͆͋̽͗̄̏̋̌̌̎͠ở̶̧̛̰̜̼̖̱̹̎͛̑̀͊̊̐͒̃͑͝f̴̢̢͓̭̟̮͈̘͓̣̲̰̯̹̿̿͒̈́̔͘ ̴̥̱͍̞̯̳̙̼͇͈̜̳̙̮͎̈́͛̂̆͛͝t̷̘͓̪̮̦̻̬̎́̐͋̈́̓̈͑h̶̡͍̥̗͈̙̲̹̥̘̯̱̲͓̟̓̂̃̅̿́͆̏͗͆̋͝e̴̻͔̱̐̏̚͜ ̶͎̥̠͍̻̝̳͇̮͋̔̃͜ͅͅų̵̙͉̻̯̀̓̎̓͊́̃̃̅̂̀͘n̶̝͇̑̀̽͐̓̍̊̎̑ỉ̷͇̝̬̬̠͛́͒̂̋̉̆͑̓͋͐͘͜ͅv̴̢̨̨̨̢̛̼̥̣̙̱̫̳͍͙͙̊̂̓̐̎̽̀̀͘͝e̵̛̹͛͑̒̉͌͛̅̉͆̒͝r̷̬͒̊s̵̭̘̞̓͋͌̾̈́̎̑̉͠e̷̪̱̰̱̙̍̑̎ ̸̢̣̩͕͕̐̉̚͠ͅt̴̡̛̗̯̞̖̩͇͒̊̒͋̃̀̔̉͂h̸̡̹̝͖̞͔̝̟͔̳̼̮͉͔̍͑̐a̶̡̭̰͕̘͍̪̲̣͑̑̑͂͑̀͝t̵̙̫̗̖̒́̓̌͐̽͘̚͜͠ ̵̡͍̻̱͉̼͔̂̑̽̅̄̀̆͑̕ͅ[̸̞͙͉̥̣̳̹͇̠̞̞̞̉͗ŗ̴̡̝̜̖̻̯͉̖̻̤̯̱͖̦͠͝ę̸̢̛̤͓͙̠̠̯̹͓͍̹̥̜̃̈́̑̌̽̏̀̽́̏͜d̶̥̟͔̰̜̳̦͚͔̊̔̽͊̑̏̃́̄̄̽̕̚͝͠å̷̡̝̦̹̬̣̟̱̯͒͒͌͋͝͠͠c̸̭̙̟͙͙̻̗͊̀͂͋̊̽̊̈́̂̀͌̍̽t̴͍̪̮̤̮̤̬̥͇͙͚̋̀̃̀͆̀̚̚͝e̷͖͇͕̳̭͈̺̩̠̫̻͑̋́̃̊̇̓́ḑ̴̲̱̦͚̝̯̪̓̌̈́̉͒͠]̷̧͕͔̤̰̠̖̦̪̼͖͓̯̩̀͌̒͆̂͝ ̵̧̠͔̮̖̗͕̼͉̼̏̔̂̌͛̏͆̅̊̑͝t̴̖͎̘̹̫̠̯̣̟̊́̀̔̄̒̈́ŏ̴̺͈̻̠̞͚̘̬̲̘̣͕͚͇̯̾̽̾͒̀̈́̐̑͗͆̚͝ ̴̪̠͎͇̿̀̂̓͂̇́̓͝b̶̪̮̾̈́̑̾̄͌̀͂e̷̡̢̨̟̗̼̘̼̥͍͍̦̭̳͐̀̑̈́̽͒ͅ ̷̛̛̳̞̱̞̜̦͔͂̒̎̓͐̈ͅ[̵̡͕̌͑̓̓͒̂͑̃͒ṛ̵̟̹͕̭̏̀͛̂͋̔͋̓̉̃̈́̂͂̕e̵̢̡̟̲̞̱̭͆̄̒̋͑̋̐̒͐̕d̷̢̢͕͙̠̠͕̯̻̯͉̔̔ͅa̴͈̻̳̻͕͇͊̒̑͋̋̾͗̏̐̇̇͠c̷̪̭͙͕̭̫̦͍̻̑͒́̆͂ͅt̶͍̙̱͍̩̭̭̭͆͗̑̋̀̾̚e̶̢̨̩̱͔̭̩̦̘͚̜̙̖̩̍̌̋ḑ̷̡͈̙̹̦̼͆͊͐̐̇̿̎͋͘͘͝]̸̧͉͎̲͊̃͑̒̎͜͝ ̸̧͖͍̹̩̩͐͝u̵̡̼͙̗̺͉͙͚̲̱̲̎͘n̶̛̫͓̳̭̎̊͑͐̐̂̋̀d̸̨͈̯͙̲̳̠̮͇̖̩̠͈́̇̇͠ͅͅe̵̛̙̟͍̬̟̣̻̔̇ŗ̶͍̭̦̯̪̩̪̥͕̣̗̲̊̇͛ ̵̛̛͍̤͂̔̾̆̋̉́̍̒̐̓̚[̷͇̠̭̱̣̬̝̗̪̱̹͂r̶̢̨͚̬̱̼̟̪͑͂̌͊̄͒̇̒e̶͎͇̺̱͔͚̞͎͓͋́̈́̊̔̌̅͌́͆̀͝ͅḑ̵̖̦͔͇̩̠̱̮̗̜̤͗͊̑̓̎̂́̔̕͘̕͜ͅa̵̡̡̪͖̺̱̥̻̙͉̔̀̿͋̓͜ċ̶̢̪̝̭̮͖͚̗͓̙͙́̚ț̸̡͚̺͒͛̅͋̈́͐̔͆̀̍͐̈́̃͝ę̸̛̪͕͕͈͓̝̻̠̯͉͍̺̦̜̃͑̎͋̈́̅͆̋̾̀̚͘̕d̴̨̝͙̪̜̬̥͖̠̪̠͉̐̍͝]̴̲͕̯͓͖̘̫̕.̵̨̡̳̳͙̼̹̯̤͌̈͂̎̓̃̀̃͘͘͠ ̶̣̗͂̽̄͑̊̏̏D̴̛̬̹̱̬̙̓́̓̈́̑̍̿̄̄̾̓͘͠ͅį̵̱̜̞̪̪͔̣̎̓̈́́d̵̢̠̳͚͖͚̱̙́̓̈͒͠ ̸̳̮͔̤̰͓̭̊̉y̷͓̼̟̼̖̑͒̈́͆̈̿́̈́́̚͝ộ̴̠̦̗͇̻̞͉̈́͘u̶̯͈͂̃͝ ̸̨̛̱̝̜̭̹̦̮̼̻͎͚̪̠̄́̄̒̔̾̔͋̓͂̄̈́̚ͅr̷̦̾̎e̶̮͆̎͗̌͑́̔̄̓̔̿̒á̷̡̰͕̟̜̝̣̘̎͐̌͜͜͝l̶̞͕͓͎͑̆̌͌͋l̶̮̰͕͇͉̯̆͛̈́̍y̵̡̟̞̣͖̱̝̫͉̓͌̋͒̇̊̉̑̀̚̚͝͝ͅ ̸̪͓̳̲͓̲̝̻̫̮̘̅͗̓͌̅̓͋͌̆̾̓͂͌͒͜t̷̛̩̖̹͔͙̻̯̻͉̙̎̌ͅh̷̰͙̼͍̪̘͔̗͈̀͒̀͛̔̀̅̄̇̐̇͠ǐ̸͎̙̗̙̼͊͂̓̓͌̊̃̿̒̋̌̓͠n̸̨̧̼̜͈̟̦͉̗͓̯͂̈́̔̂̆͛̈́̅͐͋̅́̃͝k̷̬̤͈̝͔̼̑̏́̈́́́͒̀̐̃͠ͅ ̸̦̫͉̟̞̮͕̑͂̓̍̈̄͑̏́̿̾̓́͜ͅÌ̸̡̝͓̙̙͔̫͉̩̞̐͑̉͛ ̶͚̼̥͈̖͂̒̀w̶̧̓̒̒͑̅ǫ̷̛̜̞͍̬̻̻͍̲̦͈̼̦̽́̅́̏̊͗̽̽̽ṳ̷̫͍̹̘̯̝͇̤͈̊̆͊ͅľ̴͖͔d̷̝̘͙̟͎̀̾̏͘͝ ̷̣̯̟̮̫̘̘̆̒̉̉̉͑͗̍͒̽p̷͙͚̹̗̟̣͓̗̣̣̻͙̟̠̤͂̽̃̏̒͒͆̔͝u̴͇͇̿̒̊̊̿̆͆̾͘͘ț̴̟͎̣̑͋̚͝͝ ̵̨̮̩̬̺̞̗̩͙̣̿͌͋͊̈̀͋̂̏͊̚̕͝͠s̸̢̡͎̦̮̎̅͌͊̂̀͑̑͠͝t̸͕̤́͠u̶̢͈͎̠̯̙̙̯̱̿̉̂̑̃̉͗͜͝f̵̡͙̗͉̠͍̘̜͈͖͖͔̯̘̳͋̍͑̈́f̵̨̛̛̻̯̳̗̞͖̻͊͛̅̈́͗͌̊̄̉̾͘ ̶̡̧̡͎͇͎̦͓͎̝͉͍̞͎͚̀̈́̈̑́̽̕͝y̷̛͓̫̹̖̟̣̝͑͗̌͌̀͆̅̍͋̀́̕͠͝ơ̶̟͚̩̤̭̰̰͑̔̀̂͊͆u̶̢̧̮̘͍̜͙͍͔͍̞̣̜̞̤͋͂̍̃́͠ ̴͖̟̞̟͕̺̳͚͈͎̾̃͒̄̎̔c̴̢͚̥̪͕͎̜̼̩̰̖̞͐̿͠ǒ̸͇̬͈͓̺͔̻̥̘̭̋͒͊̌͑́̈́̃̃͘͝ͅư̶͉͌͑̌̈́̇͆̈͋́͆͒̚͝͝l̸͉͕̗̻̱̈́͒̀͘̕d̷͙͂̌̾̍̐̊̇͊̈́̊͒̓̚̕n̶̡̺̦̝̬̉̿͌͂͌̄̿͆̎́̋͋̈́̕̚'̷̨̳̭̻̼̖͍͔͎̽̾͆̿̂̉t̶̝͈̪̯̞͙̳̣̔̐̍͆̕ͅ ̸̢͇̼̫̺͔̭̩̦̬́̋͜ͅȁ̷͙̟͎̜̲̺̐̐̎͂̓̌͒̉͘͠͝͝͝ḽ̴̣̗͆r̷̛̯̳̫̗̖̱͐͛̑̏̅̔͊̇͗̈́͛̚͠ȩ̴̢̝̫͓̫͕͔͎̟͈̱̮͕̥̉̄͆͂̌̅͂̕ä̴̛̪̳̜̦̼̱̰̭̝͇̥̝̦́́̄̅d̴̞̰̬͚̱̠̱̹̳̞́̆̍̔͒̓̈̇̓̿͑̕̕̚͜͝ÿ̵̞́͋͛ ̸͇̝͍̳̩̱̅̾̈͑̐͗̃̐̓́̑̕͘̕ͅḡ̷̡͍̗̖̻̫̬̍̃̈́̆̌̓̆ủ̵̯͙̩͓̥̳̦̬͎͓̆͊͂̏̚̕ë̵͍͈͎̣̥͙̭̻͚͔̳̻́ͅs̸̫͊̄̐̌̀̈́͝s̷̨͈̜̣̲̎̔̀͌́̾̇̿̆̌͌͆̅̚͠ͅ,̸̢̧̟̠͍̱̘͓̹̙̿̀̉͆͒̍̽̃͌̈́́͜͠͝ ̷̛͚̠̎́̽͋̍͌͒̊̈̕S̶̨̨̨̲̗̞̰̆̽̏̍̓̈́̍̌̚͝e̷̡̗͕̗̼̊̐̃̈̈́̈͋̐͆̂́̊̀̈́̀a̵̘̦̱̪̜͎̰̫̾̆́̊̂̊͊̉̐̀́͝͝͝s̷̡̛̯͍͎͉͓̮͊͊̽̈́̈̋͛́̐͒͋͜͝ͅp̴̧͓̯̖͓̪̙̦̰̩̻̀͒̂́ė̸̢̱̰̦̇́́͒͐̂͌̍͊͌̌̾̇͝c̴̨̛̀̅̀̾̊͆͐̎̓t̴̡̹̥̘͔̫͚̯̦̞̞̱͔̗̍̑͌̓̉e̴̳͍̰̙̻̲̜̔̍̈́̽̅̓̏̈̉́͜͝ͅř̶̙̬̥̂̈̔̓̾͜ͅ,̵͕̠̞̜̖̪͕̲͆̀̈́̾́̓̒́̍̈̉͜ ̸̛̫̯̙͈͔̼̱͇͓͉͌̆̆̅̓͐͑̐̏̽̽͝Ĺ̸̖̲̈́͆̏̏̒̌u̶̧̖͎͖̣̳͚͓͆̎͊̀̅͛̕͝͝ǹ̴͎̅̋͛͌͋̂̄͝ā̵̧̛̤̪̪̯̳̜̺͚̫͔̲̫͋̄̓̾̾͊̏̃̈̿͝͝͝S̷̡̧̞̯̬̲͉̣̗̠̓͋̀̋͊́̓̿͋͝ǫ̸̨̲̟̱̰̠͓̠͖̀͛͜ͅͅl̸̫͍̠͉̠̇̓̔͑͋́̿̽̾͜͠ͅt̷̨̩̬̤̩͛̽̀́̂̇͒ä̶̧̝̦̩̓͑͆̈ē̸̛̹̏̑̊̽r̷̡̭̦̯̼̤̭̆͛̀͒͒̌͊̀̈́̀̇̕͘̚͝,̴̧̜͚̬̹͍͔̟̻̘̠͇̱͆́̾̈̓́͂̀ ̷̨̬͓͎̩̗̯̠̖͎͍̙͋̓̈͛͊͛̋̕̕͜ͅą̸̡̡̛̱̺̣̝͚̤͍̦͔̀̽̀̏̓̏̔̚̕͘͠ń̶̨͕͕͖̘̃̓̌̉̍d̷̨̡̢̹̱̰̪̟̲̝̮͇̭̟͔̊ ̴̼̗͔̺̼̺̟̖̟̮̿̃͂̊͑̆̈̀́́̑̔́̐͒M̸͙̳͓͔̖̦̟̝͈̗̤̰̽̾̋į̶̮̆̔̉͊̿͛͗̋͂̄̓̚n̷̞̒̾̎̈́͐́́͠t̶̛̜̺̮̼̙̱̲͕̮̄̂̽́͜i̷̢͎͗̔̇̋̈́̏͆͌͘͝Ļ̵̺̼̪̬̜͍̗̪͍̤̯͎̱͛̂͑͐̽̀̇͜͝į̴̝̮͓̭͚̝̱̗̃ͅm̷̩̯̩̞̃̍̎̓̅͑̈́̌̏́͋̆͠e̷̡͈̜̯͖̼͕̪̩̟̼̼̥̞̾̓͌̋͐͜?̵̧̨̖̗͍̱̞̣̦͚͉̰̪̀̂̇̌͌̆͜͝ ̸̯̲̼̂͛́̿͋̌̓͊̚̚P̷̛͉̪͆̿̿̄́͂͂̐̎̎̿̌͠s̶̲̹̞̆̏̐̈́̔̍̇͑͝y̵̢̡̤̖̲̠̳̰͈̦̹̌̇̕ͅc̸̜͔̙̟̜̤̣͇̓͒̄͑h̸̢̧̧̛̹͙̩̰̳͓̭̻̏̈́̾̒̌̅͆̚͜!̸̦̙̇̈́́̀̎̆̍̿̕
Hope that helped!

I have been summoned!!! I usually have the opposite problem with too much telling being an issue. I think the most important part is that YOU know how the system works.

I have a very active narrator, as my story is more fairytale-ish. I switch between first and third person point of view and overall break the rules of a good cohesive story lol. I have received feedback that I should step back and let the characters have more driving force, so on and so forth. However, I like having a (supposedly) all-knowing narrator that is (most certainly biased but seemingly) fair juxtaposed with characters who use powers without thinking through or understanding everything all at once. Your character can jump off a building without knowing what gravity is. It’s just that the character will be squooshed instead of engaging in awe inspiring flight.

it’s basically a please no one situation when writing about magic systems. If you put chapters in about it, be prepared for people to skip. If you have characters openly explaining it for the audience, too much exposition / info dumping.

As long as you have clear rules that you follow when putting the magic in action, it should be ok. Conversations on certain topics, teaching or school, all these things can help plant the system into the world. Examples happening in real time are amazing. Can’t bring the dead back to life? Have an example of a mage that tries and goes insane from failure. I would just try to balance it as @TheMonotonePuppet gave examples of
 

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It's best in a story to explain it in bits and pieces over time, which is difficult when knowing how much is too much and how much is too little. You don't want to leave too many critical questions, but also don't want to info dump. Sometimes it can be explained during spell usage or fight scenes, depending on how the setup works. Then, there can come the opportunity to turn details not yet expanded into mild/moderate surprises later on, which should keep the story interesting on that front.
And be careful to not create contradictions in the process; it's a big no-no unless there is a very good reason for one.
 
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